A huge amount of nutritious, healthy food goes to waste every day. Nilus, Kigüi and EatCloud are among a new wave of innovators deploying technology to redirect surplus food to those who need it.
PLUS: Access Foundation's flexible finance grantees; Irish government offers €1m for social enterprise awareness-raising; Key Fund reports £447m 'total impact'; Olio and Oddbox lure investors; Social Finance raises $50m; and more.
The first day of the Skoll World Forum 2021 brought wisdom from some of the world's most revered leaders, new ideas and thought-provoking discussions. Check out the Pioneers Post team's top takeaways.
Why are so few social businesses household names – and what can we do about it? Listen in to some of the bright spots, bugbears and recommendations on scaling from the ScaleUp Institute, Big Society Capital and Impact Hub King's Cross.
Does the climate crisis make you want to hide under your duvet? DICE Young Storymaker Julia Cass Hebron asks if we can use our eco-anxiety not to paralyse progress – but to drive support for alternative business models.
Big Society Capital has launched a free support package to help charities and social enterprises get their head around social investment tax relief – and make the most of what the tax break offers.
Food waste charity FareShare South West recieves £70,000 through pilot social investment tax relief fund set up to trial innovative methods and stuctures that will help tackle Bristol's social and environmental issues.
Since taking on social investment, FareShare is gutsier than ever as it approaches the challenge of salvaging the 400,000 tonnes of food wasted in the UK food industry.
